Joshua 10:36

36 Then Joshua went up with all Israel from Eglon to Hebron; and they assaulted it,

Joshua 10:36 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 10:36

And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, unto
Hebron
Which lay in the hill country, and therefore they are said to go up to it from Eglon, which lay lower; and, according to Bunting {g}, it was sixteen miles from it:

and they fought against it;
it making some resistance at first, and did not surrender at once, as demanded.

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FOOTNOTES:

F7 Ibid. (Travels of the Patriarchs p. 96.)

Joshua 10:36 In-Context

34 And Joshua passed on with all Israel from Lachish to Eglon; and they laid siege to it, and assaulted it;

35 and they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword; and every person in it he utterly destroyed that day, as he had done to Lachish.

36 Then Joshua went up with all Israel from Eglon to Hebron; and they assaulted it,

37 and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and its king and its towns, and every person in it; he left none remaining, as he had done to Eglon, and utterly destroyed it with every person in it.

38 Then Joshua, with all Israel, turned back to Debir and assaulted it,